Is BMPR2 p.Thr836Ala (c.2506A>G) pathogenic?

BMPR2 p.Thr836Ala (c.2506A>G) is classified Benign/Likely benign in BMPR2 (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 2 submitters; last evaluated 2024-12-01). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.0611); Very rare (popmax 0.004%, afr); Associated with Primary pulmonary hypertension.

What condition is associated with BMPR2 p.Thr836Ala (c.2506A>G)?

BMPR2 p.Thr836Ala (c.2506A>G) is associated with Primary pulmonary hypertension (ClinVar).

How common is BMPR2 p.Thr836Ala (c.2506A>G) in the general population?

BMPR2 p.Thr836Ala (c.2506A>G) is very rare (popmax 0.004%, afr) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about BMPR2 p.Thr836Ala (c.2506A>G)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.0611) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

BMPR2 p.Thr836Ala

c.2506A>G · rs534696140 · VCV2897467

Benign/Likely benign Multiple submitters

Classification

Benign/Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 2 submitters

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.0611 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.004%, afr)

Missense predictors

0/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Conditions

Primary pulmonary hypertension

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.0611	likely benign
REVEL	0.227	benign-leaning
SaProt	LLR -6.41	tolerated
⇒ AlphaMissense, REVEL and SaProt all call this tolerated.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 1.4	GERP -3, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.92	unconstrained · MANE · 6,896 bp · p 0.061 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	9.797	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

AlphaMissense carries the ACMG weight for missense; REVEL and SaProt are independent agreement signals.

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.004% African / African-American · 3/74,992 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00106% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.000495%

Overall 0.000372% 6/1,611,824 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	0.004%	24,997
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.0016%	62,420
South Asian	0.0011%	91,054
European (non-Finnish)	8.49e-05%	1,178,024

Rarity supports pathogenicity (ACMG PM2); frequency above a disease-specific BA1/BS1 threshold argues against it. A variant frequent in one ancestry group can be near-absent in others, so a single global figure can mislead.

Variant & gene context

Gene: BMPR2
Protein: p.Thr836Ala
Coding: c.2506A>G
MANE Select: NM_001204
dbSNP: rs534696140
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr2:202556171 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.376 · pLI 1.00 · ClinGen HI 3/3 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 58.07 · 7 PDB
Residue 836: a UniProt-annotated variant site (in pph1; changed localization to the plasma membrane); a UniProt-annotated variant site (in pph1; loss of localization to the plasma membrane; localized to the cytoplasm)

Full BMPR2 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

Primary pulmonary hypertension — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

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Built on 18 open, versioned datasets — ClinVar, gnomAD, AlphaMissense, REVEL, ClinGen & more — plus Sugi Variant's own cross-source analysis. Source data 2026-01–2026-10, ClinVar 2026-10. Full sources & versions →

Cite Sugi Variant

Gür T. Sugi Variant: A Deterministic Per-Variant Germline Reference from a Knowledge Graph for Humans and AI Agents. 2026. doi:10.5281/zenodo.21509445. This variant: https://sugi.bio/variant/bmpr2-p-thr836ala (accessed [today's date]).

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